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Silver 2U rack array with twelve drive bays populated

HPE

HPE MSA 2070 SFF P84183-B25 12 x 7.68TB SAS SSD 2U rack storage

SKU CH-KQR5-450M6 MPN P84183-B25

A 2U rack array with 12 x 7.68TB SAS SSDs, dual 10/25GbE iSCSI controllers and redundant 580W power supplies

  • Installed SSD12 × 7.68 TB SAS SSD
  • Rack height2U
  • Target workloadGeneral Purpose Server
  • Disk controller2 × 10/25GbE iSCSI 4-port Controllers
  • Maximum storageUp to 1.84 PB with maximum capacity expansion
  • Network controller4 × 10Gb iSCSI
  • Ready for mixed workloads with 12 x 7.68 TB SAS SSDs pre-installed
  • High availability via 2 x 580 W redundant power supplies
  • Scales to 1.84 PB with expansion enclosures
  • 10/25 GbE iSCSI controllers deliver low-latency block access
  • Certified for Windows Server, VMware vSphere, Red Hat and SUSE

12 x 7.68 TB SAS SSD array for general-purpose

The HPE MSA 2070 SFF ships with twelve 7.68 TB SAS solid-state drives installed in a 2U rack chassis. It is aimed at organisations that need a ready-to-run block storage platform for mixed workloads such as virtualisation, databases and file services.

Dual 580 W redundant supplies

Two hot-plug 580 W power supplies share the load so a single failure does not interrupt operation. The pair of 10/25 GbE iSCSI four-port controllers provide up to four 10 Gb iSCSI connections for host access while keeping power draw predictable in a standard rack environment.

2U rackmount with expansion headroom to 1.84 PB

The enclosure occupies two rack units and uses the installed SAS drives as the primary pool. Additional drive enclosures can be attached to grow raw capacity toward 1.84 PB, letting the same controllers manage a larger dataset without a controller upgrade.

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Price $50,239.99
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Specifications

Product
Brand nameHPE
Product lineMSA 2070 SFF
Model nameP84183-B25
Target workloadGeneral Purpose Server
Product typeRack
Storage
Installed SSD12 × 7.68 TB SAS SSD
Disk controller2 × 10/25GbE iSCSI 4-port Controllers
Maximum storageUp to 1.84 PB with maximum capacity expansion
Connectivity
Network controller4 × 10Gb iSCSI
Power
Power supply2 × 580 W redundant power supplies
Size & build
Rack height2U
Shipping weight18.14 kg
Package size483 × 457 × 127 mm

Questions about this item

How do I install the HPE MSA 2070 SFF P84183-B25 in a rack, and what step do people often miss?

Mount the 2U chassis using the supplied rail kit, connect the two 10/25GbE iSCSI 4-port controllers to your network, then power on both 580W redundant supplies; the step often missed is cabling both controllers for full path redundancy.

What maintenance or replacement will the installed 12 x 7.68TB SAS SSD drives need later?

The SAS SSDs are sealed with no user-serviceable parts; plan to replace a drive only if the array reports a media error, using a compatible 7.68TB SAS SSD and the hot-swap carrier.

What limit appears first on the HPE MSA 2070 SFF under sustained heavy I/O?

The 4 x 10Gb iSCSI ports saturate before the 12 SAS SSDs or the dual 580W supplies, so sustained throughput tops out at the network link speed.

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